Just a bit curious... nothing too exciting or important but I was just wondering if snakes can sense when someone handling them is a little nervous or scared? Some people I've talked to say they can- what is your experience?
it just adam said that they dont sense movment and you said that he hit the nial on the headsnakes sense movement. if i walk past my snakes enclosure they turn and see what it is thats going past. i guess they sense my movements and my scent.
They can feel the vibration LONG before there heat sensing pits come into play. YES they can detect heat with their pits but only at a relatively close distance when compared with their sense of smell and ability to detect vibration.snakes dont have the best eye sight....and rely heavily on smell and heat sensing pits (if they have them) which most pythons have...they can detect movment but not aswell as a dog because they have more advanced ways of detecting living things...so from a distance they cant detect movement aswell as other animals although close up they have a pretty good idea whats going on
I am curious as to where you gained that information, can you show us the scientific evidence that supports this, or is this just your theory? I agree to an extent, snakes do have a superior sense of smell, but I am keen to see some evidence to their reaction to fear!Snakes can sense fear
They actually smell it as they have a very advanced sense of smell much more advanced than dogs or people
When people or animals are scared the bodies give of an odour
The snake or animal pick up on this.
When something is scared it is generally unpredictable which in turn can cause your snake or whatever animal to become defensive.
They can feel the vibration LONG before there heat sensing pits come into play. YES they can detect heat with their pits but only at a relatively close distance when compared with their sense of smell and ability to detect vibration.
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